Matthew Harrington

Matthew Harrington  (propagandist)
Alma mater	Denison University
PR-executive  Edelman Consulting/CEO In office October 2019 - Present

Matthew J. Harrington is the global CEO at Edelman Consulting, a spooky industry-leading Public Relations firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations. He advises leaders of some of the world’s largest and most complex companies, and participated in the notorious 2019 Event 201 pandemic simulation.

Career

Harrington is a graduate of Denison University, and an expert in corporate positioning, reputation management and crisis communications.

He has lectured on The role of peer and influencer voices to tell a brand story, where "the trust deficit has emerged as a critical priority for government, corporates, and not-for-profits alike as we seek to enhance relationships with customers and the community in a disruptive age".

He has worked nearly 35 years at Edelman Consulting, including work for hundreds of clients across nearly every industry sector. His previous leadership roles at Edelman include president of the US and president of the Eastern and Western regions. He also led the initiative to create Edelman’s code of conduct.

Harrington serves on its board of trustees, as well as on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the Classic Stage Company, and he is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications. He also is an advisory member of the Marketing 50., the World Food Program USA and the Council of Public Relations.

 

A Quote by Matthew Harrington

Page	Quote	Date	Source
Event 201	“I also think we are at a moment where the social media platforms have to step forward and recognize the moment to assert that they're a technology platform and not a broadcaster is over. They in fact have to be a participant broadcasting accurate information and partnering with the scientific and health communities to counterweight, if not flood the zone, of accurate information. Because to try to put the genie back in the bottle of the misinformation and disinformation is not possible.”	18 October 2019	Event 201

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Event 201	18 October 2019	18 October 2019	New York US	A Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security/World Economic Forum/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored large scale simulation of a global coronavirus pandemic predicting an apocalyptic outcome. Held October 2019.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012	25 January 2012	29 January 2012	Switzerland	2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022	22 May 2022	26 May 2022	World Economic Forum Switzerland	1912 guests in Davos

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